Did anyone else feel Anderson Silva's accident highlighted one of the cons of being a southpaw?

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or at least the cons of trying to use your back leg for an inside leg kick?  he threw his back leg for an inside leg kick, that's MMA maths that doesn't add up, normally if you and your opponent are both orthodox stance fighters you'll use your front leg and snap it at your opponents thigh for an inside leg kick(often with the criticism of not opening your hips enough from a Muay Thai coach ,but it's not an outside leg kick,you'd use the back leg for an outside leg kick to land right on the outside of the thigh) , like you would a jab to gauge the distance and keep the opponent off balance that's the purpose of an inside leg kick,using that analogy alone the bag leg is equivalent to a cross because the power has to come from the back  , Anderson was at the wrong angle outside Weidman's central line and used his back leg the power leg for that leg kick,Weidman didn't check that kick ,but he could see that kick coming  because it came from the outside

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I would disagree. Fighting against a southpaw sometimes is like fighting in a mirror. Now from a southpaw point of view. Silva needed to really work on his setup. You still can use the back leg for a kick to the inside. If thats your power leg thats your power leg. Silva could of done a spin kick and spun left to the outside and come from out of nowhere with a spinning hook or heel kick. But again you need to set the opponent up. 
Silva more than likely had a microfracture in his fibula and tibia and if you add power to it like doing a kick and hitting that spot (weak point or microfracture) that is injured that is all it takes. Similar situation that happened to that college basketball player who broke his leg at the knee not long ago. Overstress a bone or joint in training and not letting it heal always leads to serious injury. Just look at stress fractures and microfractures of the lower extremities in the military. If not taken care of and healed properly it always leads to a complete break.

callsignfuzzy · Answer

Generally disagree.  I think it would have worked if he'd set him up, but Silva doesn't have a whole lot of practice at throwing combos outside of when he's got an opponent hurt.  I also don't agree that Weidman didn't check that kick- he dropped his knee on the thing, which at least is a checking motion.  Had Silva caused him to plant his feet or move backwards, I don't think he would have hit the knee.  To do that, he'd need to throw other strikes to occupy Weidman's defenses.  Weidman was able to check because Silva hadn't "trained" him not to by using other combos and set-ups.

KyKarateka · Answer

Not necessarily, if he was orthodox and Weidman was south paw the outcome probably would've been the same.  Also, it shows the disadvantage of kicking as hard as you can at a target.  If he kicked hard enough to break his own leg, he should have aimed to make it land before throwing the technique

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michinoku2001 · Answer

I guess he should have quit while he was ahead like GSP.

Anonymous · Answer

yeah ur right

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Did anyone else feel Anderson Silva's accident highlighted one of the cons of being a southpaw?

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